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The new members of the District Executive Committee have been sworn in by the Chief Administrative Officer Mr. Byamungu Elias today 16th September 2024 at a function held in his Office.

The new members of the DEC Include Hon . Monday Grivazio the new District Vice Chairperson who replaced Hon. Ham Natuhwera,  Hon.Kyomya Beth the Secretary for Production and Hon.Baluku Karim Kisembo, Secretary for Works and technical services who replaced Hon. Kisunzu Robert.

While addressing the new leaders and the witnesses, Mr. Byamungu Elias called upon the  incoming members of the committee to uphold confidentiality as the reason they took the oath of secrecy. He informed them that confidentiality is very important because every information of government is not for public consumption and its away of protecting government despite the call to be transparent.

The district speaker Hon. Johnson Mayora congratulated the new leaders upon the new  positions to serve on the District Executive Committee and asked them to observe Unity and Love for each other as they serve the people of Kasese.

Hon. Musoki Sharon the secretary for finance who represented the district chairperson urged the new members of the District Executive Committee to ensure they work in proper and lawful manner with guidance from the chief admnistrative officer.
Hon. Sharon acknowledged and appreciated the contributions made by the outgoing members of the executive Committee and appreciated the District Chairperson for trusting the new leaders he is going to serve with on the committee.

The incoming leaders in company of their relatives and friends extended their appreciation to the District Chairperson for the opportunity to serve on the DEC and promised to work with him to fulfill the Manifesto NRM and to serve the people of Kasese.

The new members of DEC were nominated by the District Chairperson Hon. Muhindi Bukombi Erifaz in the district council that sat on 12th September 2024 upon reshuffle.

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Cultural tours in Kasese are not as popular as visiting Elephants in Queen Elizabeth National Park and the game drives. This shouldn’t be the case because Kasese has so much to offer beyond wildlife.

In the past years, Kasese has been commonly known for WILDLIFE and mining tourism despite the cultural potential the district has to give the visitors a memorable experience of cultural Tourism.

However, the tourism sector has bounced back with a greater vision to reposition the district as the most preferred tourism destination in Uganda, unpacking all the potentials in the district.

This is highlighted in the tourism events taking place in the district  including the Rwenzori Theluji Festival led by Kasese Tourism Forum- KTIF that was gazetted in 2022 as an annual event to take place in the district and pitches Kasese as the most preferred tourism destination.

This just followed the Rwenzori Tuskerlite Marathon, that attracted visitors from 32 countries in the world to come and celebrate tourism in Kasese.

On the tourism development agenda of the district , Cultural tourism takes preference as a potential to develop to boost tourism in the district.

Yesterday, all cultures in the district exhibited their uniqueness at the Rwenzori square under the Rwenzori Theluji Festival for people of Kasese and the visitors to appreciate the uniqueness of their ways of life.

The cultures that exhibited included the Busongora culture, Bagabo, Bakingwe , Banyabindi and Obusinga Bwa Rwenzuru.

Giving cultures a platform to tell their unique stories was a way of raising awareness of the beautiful stories that lie behind the scenes that the visitors of  Kasese and Rwenzori at large really need to experience.

This  also was an opportunity to tell the story of peace as the district looks forward to hosting the World Tourism Day under the theme, ” Peace and Tourism” .

Kasese has the most beautiful cultural story to tell as it hosts about 98% of the tribes in Uganda and therefore if any visitor wants to meet Uganda in just one place, only Kasese will offer that golden opportunity.

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High court circuit has been launched in Kasese today by the Principal Judge Hon. Justice Dr. Flavian Zeija at Rukoki Chief Majestrate Chambers under the theme  : ” Apeople Centred approach to Justice” .

Before gazatting Kasese high court circuit , all cases falling under high court were handled from Fortportal City however , from April 2024, high court sessions started being conducted from Kasese Chief Majestrate Chambers after it was gazetted in 2023.

The Chief Guest , Hon . Justice Dr. Flavian Zeija expressed his happiness for seeing high court operationalised in Kasese which according to him would help minimise the hardships people of Kasese have been undergoing to access judicial services.
He called upon the judicial officers to serve the people with zero tolerance to corruption.

The Chief Majestrate ,Ajok Betty reported that Kasese has been undergoing a challenge of people who  Mascarade to be lawyers and exploit  the population in the process of accessing judicial services . She said that her office has worked tirelessly to eliminate their operations through creating public awareness  of the real workers in chief Majestrate court.

Betty Ajok, also appealed to Justice to expertidise the process of construction of the high Court premises .

The Acting Deputy Registrar  ,Kasese high court  , Ankwasira Ivan thanked Justice for bringing services closer to people which in  a long run will ensure timely delivery of services to the people of Kasese and will reduce the expenditures.
He appreciated all stakeholders who worked hard to ensure that justice comes closer to the people and  pledged  to give the most utmost services  to the people and to work hard to make Kasese high court  a model high court in Uganda.

The District chairperson,  Hon. Muhindi Bukombi Eliphaz appreciated Government for responding to the request which they made in 2021 of extending high court services closer to the people of Kasese.

He added that the district fulfilled their commitment of allocating 1 acre of land for construction of high court Chambers in the district.

He said access to high court services was  so expensive and in the process people would end up giving up on cases.

Hon . Muhindi hailed NRM government for keeping the commitment of bringing justice closer to all Ugandans .

The district leaders recognised the Chief Majestrate,  Betty Ajok for her exceptional services to the people of Kasese and hailed her for fighting corruption in the judicial offices in the district.
The district leadership awarded her a certificate of appreciation for her services which was handed by the District Chairperson.
He appreciated the Chief Majestrate for fighting Corruption through bringing information to the people on real court staff , away of fighting mascaraders.

He gave a certificate of recognition to the Chief Majestrate   , Ajok Betty for her exceptional services to ensure the people of Kasese access justice services.

Kasese appreciated Government for considering bringing a high court circuit in Kasese and affirmed that it will make access to services easy.

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The RDC LT.Joe Walunsimbi has commissioned Rukoki Health Centre IV maternity ward today 25th January 2025.

Rukoki Maternity ward was gutted by fire in June 2024 and since then  the facility has been operationalizing under challenges of limited accommodation for mothers.

Rehabilitation of the Maternity ward has been funded with support from Rotary snow peaks which organised the first fundraiser marathon that raised the start up funds worthy 36M out of the required 170M and  Medicins Sans Frontiers that took over the project to the level of completion.

According to the report presented by Dr. Masereka Abrahams , Rukoki operates to capacity of a hospital yet its not yet elevated to a hospital capacity. In his report, the facility delivers over 300 mothers monthly and yet they have been operating with limited bed capacity.

Dr. Abrahams requested Ministry of Health represented by Dr. Mugahi Richard to accelerate the process of elevating the facility to a hospital status so that they are able to operate to capacity.

The Chief Guest from Ministry of Health Dr. Mugahi Richard expressed his gratitude to management and staff of Rukoki Health Centre for for offering services above self.

He commended staff for the exceptional efforts and delivering beyond their capacity.

He pledged commitment of Ministry of Health to support Rukoki HC IV  to elevate to a functional hospital with all the required equipment.

The District Vice Chairperson Hon. Natuhwera Ham  asked Ministry of Health to give a special consideration to Kasese interms of allocation of health facilities considering the population of Kasese which is about 1.2 Millions.  He said that Kasese still has 17 subounties without Health Centre III’s despite the directive of government that every subcounty should have a health centre 111.

He requested that atleast another hospital should be allocated for Busongora North for easy access to health services.

The Deputy mayor, Kasese Municipality Hon Mupango Rabson thanked Rotary , MSF and other partners who have worked with government to ensure that the common people receive services. He requested for continuous partnership with government for better service delivery.

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Works for construction of 3 classroom block at Nyakango Primary school in Maghasa ,Mpata Parish, Bwesumbu Sub county funded by Kabira foundation , started yesterday 19^th January  2024  .

The ground breaking ceremony attended by the district political and technical leadership, local leaders , donors and residents of Maghasa was presided over by the Deputy RDC Mr. Maate Magwara at Nyakanengo Primary School in Bwesumbu Suncounty.

Under this project, Kabira Foundation is to construct 6 classrooms and a staff house in 3 phases. First phase will include  construction of 3 classrooms, second Phase will be 3 more classrooms and last phase will be a staff house.

However, according to Mr. Camilo Otim ,Kabira Foundation volunteer, the project depends on individual contributions from individual donors and therefore availability of funds from individual donors will determine the period of completion. He said that Kabira foundation will ensure that all planned interventions are implemented and construction of the 1^st phase of 3 classroom block will be implemented in 4 months if there are no challenges from the community since funds are available.

He appealed to the parents and residents of Maghasa to support the contractors with delivering of materials and carrying of water to the site since the community has a challenge of water and hard reach terrain.

The deputy RDC incharge of Bukonzo Mr. Maate asked residents of Maghasa to cooperate with Kabira foundation to ensure that the project is implemented with no challenges.

He also asked the people of Bwesumbu to learn to appreciate and support efforts and programs of Government rather than always criticizing because it affects service delivery.

While responding to the school head teachers report which indicated a very low level of completion for children of Nyakanengo Primary school, the deputy RDC asked parents to take over their roles of supporting their children to stay in school and complete school.

He encouraged parents to utilise the government  training institute for skills  in mubuku especially for children who have dropped out of school.

The District Chairperson , Mr Muhindi Erifaz Bukombi asked parents to mobilize their children to go to school so that the classroms being constructed achieve the intended prupose.

He appreciated efforts of Kabira Foundation to secure funds to support Nyakanengo primary school. He pledged commitment of Government to continue supporting and strengthening service delivery to the people of Bwesumbu and beyond.

1. Kasese District Local Government conducted extra ordinary Council in honor of the late Hon. Moses Bwambale today, 12th December 2023, at the burial ceremony held at Nyamugasani primary school in Rwesororo, Kisinga Town Council.

The late Hon. Moses succumbed to injuries sustained in an accident that occurred along Mbarara road in Muhokya Town Council .

The deceased worked as a district counsellor representing Kisinga Subcounty since 19th May 2021.
In honor of the Late Hon. Moses Bwambale contributions to the district and his subcounty, council approved construction of 1.5KM road in Kiburara and construction of Market stalls at Kiburara trading centre to be named after him.
The motion seeking council to honour and give last respect to the late Hon. Moses Bwambale was presented by the District Vice Chairperson Hon. Ham Natuhwera .

The District speaker, Hon. Mayora Johnson hailed the late moses for being a very good legislator who loved his constituency and the people of Kasese.
He praised him for being a hardworking person who worked tirelessly for his Subcounty and district.

The district chairperson, Hon. Bukombi Muhindi Erifaz said that the late Moses always engaged him on plans for his Subcounty.
He pledged to work with the district council to fullfulill the dreams Moses had for his Subcounty.

The District Chairperson also asked members of the council to consider supporting his children whom he had left at a tender age.

Hon. Harold Muhindo Tonny, the area Mp Bukonzo East, said that the deceased has left a gap in Bukonzo East, which needs to be filled.
He appealed to the district chairperson and the CAO to write to the electrol commission to fill the 2 positions in his constituency, one for the deceased and second for the counsellor representing Kitabu Subcounty who crossed to civil service.

The late Hon. Moses Bwambale survived by 7 children and 1 wife and was laid to rest at his ancestral home in Rwesororo , in Kisinga Town Council.

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Members of Kasese District Disaster Management committee have expressed their distress over the developing crack on Muhokya town council land which is currently occupied by the Internally Displaced Persons   .

This issue was raised by Mr.Buhaka Lucas commonly known as the voice of the Voiceless in the Disaster Management coordination meeting held at the district council hall yesterday 5^th December 2023. Mr. Buhaka was worried of the pace government is taking to respond and yet the level of vulnerability of the people living in Muhokya and the neighborhood qualifies it to be a matter of urgency .

The developing crack was said to be increasing gradually and equally increasing the magnitude of risk exposure especially of the people living in Muhokya IDP and the sorrounding area.

The ChairPerson Muhokya IDP camp Mrs. Aryema Rehema, said that Crack has increased the flooding in Muhokya IDP camp and the situation worsened this rainy season of Sept to December.

She added that the crack seems to be stretching from uphill to the lower land and as people in the IDP they are terribly in fear of any likely disaster that may occur out of the crack. She cried out to government to speed up the process of settling the people in the camp because the camp is not suitable for settlement due to the crack that is causing flooding.

Responding to the issue of the Crack in Muhokya, the senior Environmental Officer Mr. Kooli Augustine, said that the issue of the crack has been brought to the attention of Office of the Prime Minister however its still pending response from OPM. He advised the committee on the need to carryout a geological study which will inform stakeholders from appropriate intervention.

The Deputy Chief Administrative Officer, Mr Ntarwete Eliab said that the issue should be brought to attention of Members of Parliament so that it is tabled in parliament of action.

He asked members of the Committee to organize a monitoring visit to all areas in the district that are vulnerable to disasters to conduct risk assessment as well as monitoring human activities that are leading to disasters.

Mr Ntarwete Eliab emphasized the need to plan with facts from the community and not planning without going on ground to do fact finding.

In the meeting, the subcounty Chief of Mpunga Mr. Syaipuma Edson asked the disaster committee to carryout comprehensive monitoring of all vulnerable sub counties. He reported that 2 cracks are also developing in Mpunga Subcounty and this equally needs intervention.

The meeting resolved to engage a Geologist to conduct a study on the magnitude of the crack, compile a comprehensive report  as advised by the Senior Environment Plan which shall be submitted to parliament through district representatives to parliament.